I am not good at Africa

Somehow I managed to get myself involved with a blog full of people who know a lot more about international things than I do.  I suppose being aware of international items in detail is part of being a high-functioning human being, but that’s definitely not me, so perhaps it makes sense that I have no idea what is going on.  Anyway, they say blogs are dead and that micro-blogging is the future (oh hey, Twitter) so I’ll keep this brief.

I keep up with inernational news through CNN, following a few other news services on Twitter, and that’s about it.  Aside from the occasional story out of Africa, most of the news I see is about Middle Eastern or Asian countries.  My perspective on Africa is fleeting. 

Recently though, I’ve been getting a different view, and that’s what I’d like to share.  When I was in high school (super awkward) I did some work for the Technology Coordinator of my school district.  It worked out well…I was a student who needed major flexibility in my schedule and it was a job that offered me that.  Since graduating from high school, and recently, college, I’ve ‘kept in touch’ in the way that I read his blog.

He’s currently in South Africa on a trip with Teachers Without Borders.  The entries on his blog are interesting – and they offer a perspective not yet brought out on this blog.   You can start pretty much from the beginning of the trip here.